Maria Salvadore is an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland, reviewer for School Library Journal and Capitol Choices, and former member of the American Library Association’s Notable Children’s Book Committee. She was previously coordinator of children’s services for the District of Columbia Public Library system and Cambridge (MA) Public Library. She currently works with PBS’s Ready to Learn project, the Kennedy Center’s education department, and Reading Is Fundamental.
Maria has chaired or served on various book award committees including the Washington Post/Children’s Book Guild Nonfiction Award, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Awards, Golden Kite and the Caldecott Committee. She is the co-author with Susan Hepler of Books Kids Will Talk About.